We were in town for the evening, and got in late, so we decided we would stay and drive the 2 hours home in the morning. We stopped at a drug store for the essentials and headed for the Vagabond.
We were offered a room at the back, althought the rest of the lot was not full, and upstairs, although the bottom floor was obviously not occupied.
The room had only a 19 inch TV (when's the last time you saw one of those?), it had no microwave, the coffee pot was broken.
Because the rate was almost $100, we did not anticipate need to purchase shampoo or soap, but the single bar of soap did not last through the first shower, and the shampoo "packet" was not enough "soap" to make it through the second.
The towels were thin & scratchy, the bed uncomfortable. The walls are thin, and you can hear the neighbors TV & Shower.
At 2am, the smoke alarm battery gave up the ghost & started beeping.

At $39-$49, you expect this type of "Joint", at almost $100.00.... just keep driving.

all i can say is that it was a great stay and staff were verry friendly.i would stay anytime!!=)

This was the worst hotel stay i ever had in RENO IN MY LIFE. and I have been going to RENO for many years approx 5 TO 6 times a year. I have NEVER stayed at this hotel till 10/7/06 and will never, ever stay there again. First we were given a room with guest already in it and here is the SCARY PART the computerized door KEY WORKED and unlocked the door. As we started into the room we realized that there people a sleep in the beds and this was 11PM at night. We when back to the office and was given another room that did not have a good working A/C, poor plumbing and what looked like hairs in the bed between the sheets. We again went back to the office and given another room with a promise of comp from the night mgr in the morning. However when we were checking out they could not find our paper work. After explaining to the day mgr about nightmare we had checking in the paper was found under the 1st room in which they had checked out using our comp and was told that we were not entitled to a comp. Lucky the night mgr had come back to the desk because they forgot something and we got the comp. But this was a very BAD, BAD, BAD, JUST A BAD exprience for us. Also the hotel was run down and the beds were very uncomfortable they sack in the middle.

After reading some of the reveiws, I was pretty nervous about this reservation but needed a place that accepted pets (add'l charge). The first room was great but the toilet began to overflow and we were immediately moved to another identical room. The hotel had no vacancies (same as other Reno hotels)so we were quite pleased with this. The staff was very busy with all the guests and probably could have used additional help. Called for extra towels and ended up going to the office for them to save them the trip. The room was clean and non-smoking as reserved. Lots of people outside the rooms but they were friendly as I traveled with my dog. With the A/C on we didn't hear any outside or upstairs noise. Breakfast was bowl of fruit, OJ , coffee and prepackaged danish rolls. Enough to get us down the road for free! Pool was working but didn't use. Looked nice. Easy to find from Hwy 395. Stayed one night from 7:30 pm until 7:00 am. Would not be concerned about a future stay. Nothing fancy but got a good nights sleep.